Arab Israeli Air Wars 1947 1982

Informationen zum Autor Israeli author Shlomo Aloni is a life-long student of Middle East air warfare in general and of the Israeli Air Force in particular. Israeli correspondent for 'Air Forces Monthly' and the Spanish 'Fuerza Aerea', he is also a regular contributor to a broad range of aviation journals including 'Air Enthusiast', 'Air International', 'Fly Past', 'Scale Aviation Modelling' and 'Wings of Fame' (UK). Together with Brian Cull and David Nicolle, he is the co-author of 'Spitfires over Israel' and 'Wings over Suez'. Mark Rolfe is an extremely talented profile artist. He has worked on a number of titles in Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series'. Klappentext When the UN called for the end of the British mandate and the partition of Palestine into two independent states, the RAF found itself under attack from both sides. Tracing the development of hostilities in the Middle East, this book covers the period from the establishment of the first proper Israeli Air Force in 1948 to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Israel's War of Independence against its Arab neighbours, the inevitable 'round two', the Suez Crisis of 1956, the Six Day War of 1967, the Yom Kippur wars of 1973 and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 are all detailed in this fascinating chronicle of war in the Middle East. Zusammenfassung When the UN called for the end of the British mandate and the partition of Palestine into two independent states, the RAF found itself under attack from both sides. Tracing the development of hostilities in the Middle East, this book covers the period from the establishment of the first proper Israeli Air Force in 1948 to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Israel's War of Independence against its Arab neighbours, the inevitable 'round two', the Suez Crisis of 1956, the Six Day War of 1967, the Yom Kippur wars of 1973 and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 are all detailed in this fascinating chronicle of war in the Middle East. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Underground Air Force/Arab Offensives/Israeli Offensives/The Sinai Campaign/Operation Focus/Air Supremacy in Six Days/Preserving the Status Quo/Attrition/Soviet Intervention/Three Year Pause/The Missile Bends the Aircraft/Victory After All/The Aircraft Bends the Missile...

Product details

• Authors: Shlomo Aloni, Aloni Shlomo
• Assisted by: Mark Rolfe (Illustration), Rolfe Mark (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.02.2001
• EAN: 9781841762944
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-294-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 246 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Combat Aircraft; Osprey Combat Aircraft; Combat Aircraft
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, Air forces and warfare, Battles & campaigns, Weapons & equipment, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Battles and campaigns, Weapons and equipment, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space